U.S. District Judge John Kness has moved a lawsuit that could invalidate thousands of mail-in ballots to December 5. The lawsuit regards “the validity of mail-in ballots postmarked on or before Election Day but received by election authorities within two weeks afterward.”
From Just the News:
That lawsuit, the Tribune reported late last month, could potentially invalidated "tens of thousands" of mail-in ballots for the midterm election, though it's unclear what the status of those ballots would be if the lawsuit—brought by Illinois Rep. Mike Bost—is ultimately successful. Illinois law allows for mail-in ballots to be counted for up to two weeks after Election Day so long as they are postmarked by Election Day itself. Bost's lawsuit argues that the rule violates federal law establishing federal elections as taking place on explicit days, specifically the first Tuesday after the first Monday of November in even-numbered years.
